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A series of sexual assaults on young females in downtown Toronto has left police requesting the public’s help.

“We’re always concerned that this is going to escalate,” Det.-Const. Phillip Campbell said to the press Wednesday afternoon.

Campbell detailed four separate attacks on females in the last 10 days.

On Aug. 19, a woman, 24, was approached from behind and sexually assaulted at 12 48 a.m. Another woman, 25, was similarly assaulted around 11 p.m. the same day.

Tuesday evening, a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted near Christie St. and Clinton St., and early Wednesday, a similar attack targeted a 26-year-old woman at 1 40 a.m.

“All we can say right now is the attacks have been similar and the suspect description has been described as similar,” Campbell said.

The suspect described in these attacks is a short-haired black male of medium to stocky build, between 17 and 35 years and 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9. In the most recent attacks he was seem wearing a light-coloured shirt and red shorts.

Two July attacks on young women near Kensington Market are also part of the investigation, with a suspect description of a 6-foot black male, aged between 25 and 40, sporting black clothing and short black hair.

Campbell says numbers of uniformed and plainclothes officers in the area have increased.